org.clapper.util.classutil
Interface ClassFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassFilter, AndClassFilter, ClassModifiersClassFilter, InterfaceOnlyClassFilter, NotClassFilter, OrClassFilter, RegexClassFilter, SubclassClassFilter

public interface ClassFilter

Instances of classes that implement this interface are used, with a ClassFinder object, to filter class names. This interface is deliberately reminiscent of the java.io.FilenameFilter interface.

Version:

$Revision: 6735 $

Author:

Copyright © 2006 Brian M. Clapper

See Also:

ClassFinder

Method Summary

boolean

accept(ClassInfo classInfo, ClassFinder classFinder) Tests whether a class name should be included in a class name list.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(ClassInfo classInfo,
               ClassFinder classFinder)

Tests whether a class name should be included in a class name list.

Parameters:

classInfo - the loaded information about the class

classFinder - the ClassFinder that called this filter (mostly for access to ClassFinder utility methods)

Returns:

true if and only if the name should be included in the list; false otherwise